Floor cleaning and polishing apparatus



u I JU`AN E. ROMAGOSA SANCHEZ FLOOR QLEANING AND POLISHING APPARATUSFiled May' 7, 1924 Patented Dec. 3U, 1924.

FICE.

FLOOR CLEANING AND POLISHING APPARATUS.

Application filed May 7,

To aZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, JUAN EvANGELisTA ROMAGOSA SANCHEZ, a citizen of theRepublic of Costa R'ca, residing at San Jose, in the Republicl of CostaRica, have invented a. new and useful Floor Cleaning and PolishingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

As far as is known different forms of apparatus which have been used asfloor-cleaners, and polishers are defective in that they have beeneither too soft or a little too hard. The cocoa-nut when dry after ithas ripened in full, furnishes just the right material to use as a floorcleaner and polisher. The use of the cocoa-nut as a floor polisher andcleaner economizes time if compared with other things, lasts for manyyears, and gives a perfect and most beautiful luster to the woodensurfaces to which it is applied, with the advantage, over other similarthings, of saving wax or oils used for said purposes. The perfection ofthe luster obtained is such that after a comparatively short time of thecocoa-nut polishing system, footprints or other marks will not show onthe floors.

The invention consists of taking a section of the cocoa-nut andproviding it with a convenient and easy managing form of handle. Thehandle may. be secured to the cocoa-nut in numerous different ways, twoof which are illustrated.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cleaner showing one form of handle;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary central transverse section;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse section showing a method of attachingthe cocoanut;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing another method of attachingthe handle;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View of the type of handle shown in Fig. 4.

1924. Serial No. 711,613.

Referring again to the drawings the section of the cocoa-nut husk isdesignated 10. Said section 10, is secured to a rectangular member 11,by means of wires 12, that are fixed in the cocoa-nut husk l0, and inturn are held to the member 11 by any convenient means 13.

Two pieces 14, running lengthwise of the member 11, and secured theretoby screws 15, act as bearings for the trunnions 16, which are on the Tshaped member 17. The stem 18 of this T member has barbs 19, forpermanently securng said member in the handle 20.

In the form of handle shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the stem 18a of the member17a is provided with a ball 21 that is adapted to work in a socket 22attached to the rectangular member 11a which in turn is secured in anyconvenient way to the section of the cocoa-nut. This, as is obvious,provides a universal joint attachment for the handle 20a.

Numerous other convenient ways of attaching the handle may be providedthat permit of easy control of the direction desired in the movements ofthe brush.

This application is a substitute application for an application on thesame subject matter, filed April 30, 199.1, Serial Number 465,719.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a floor-cleaning and polishing apparatus, the combination of acupped section of a mature and dry cocoa-nut, a handle and meansattaching said handle to the dome of said section.

2. In a floor-cleaning and polishing apparatus, the combination of asection of a mature and dry cocoa-nut, a handle connect ed to the 4domeof said section, safd connection including a universal joint.

Dated, San Jose, Costa Rica, arch 22. y1924.

JUAN E. RMAGOSA SANCHEZ.

